Coulson — #6325 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Coulson

The Social Security Administration has registered 460 babies named Coulson between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Coulson currently holds the #6325 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Coulson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 235 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Coulson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Coulson in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Coulson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 460 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.